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Butterhead said:Cant resist posting it here, but heres a hilarious interview with
Chris Juul Jensen, just thought I would share it.
http://rouleur.cc/journal/making-the-grade
LOL... this is sooo hilarious
Butterhead said:Cant resist posting it here, but heres a hilarious interview with
Chris Juul Jensen, just thought I would share it.
http://rouleur.cc/journal/making-the-grade
karlboss said:I think Contador can find the form to go toe to toe with Nibali, not with Froome. With that in mind I'd be looking for a long range attack which takes 5 minutes and then holding it. Both Kreuziger and Contador are capable of holding 5 minutes and should ride as co leaders. Long odds I know, as it also relies on other teams playing along, but I honestly think it's that or race for 2nd.
With this in mind I'd go with Contador, Kreuziger, CAS, Roche, Hernandez, Then 4 of Paulinho, Breschel, Tosatto, Morkov, and Bennati.
Jelantik said:ai ai.. i won't sell contador short yet. His season hasn't started yet and so does Froome. I would wait to see how their form looks like at the first quarter of the season. Froome and Sky definitely got 'Contador's number'. They got the antidote of his 30 seconds burst. Now, it's been more than a year since contador's band, he should got his racing miles and he already got the taste to race against Froome and Sky. So we'll see what happen. He looks like (from his tweeter, photos) more ready this year than last year. His first test will be at T-A - head to head with froome (hopefully nibali)
I know everyone said that Nibali is better than contador. Even Brailsford single out nibali as chris froome's biggest rival. But I don't know.. I can hardly see how nibali is stronger than contador in the climb. And I think contador is still above Nibali. But I can be wrong. TDF will tell.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bra...mes-biggest-rival-for-the-2014-tour-de-france
Butterhead said:Brailsford has just started his usual spin. It is clear that he is de-emphasizing the competition of Contador as he is Froomes main rival.
And since Saxo dropped Froome and SKY during stage 13 of the TDF last year, its also now SKY vs Tinkoff-Saxo, of course hes downsizing it, -not that Nibali isnt a contender on same level as AC, but they have an unsolved business with Tinkoff-Saxo, July can´t come fast enough.![]()
LaFlorecita said:Lol I don't pay any attention to whatever Brailsfraud says. 90% is bullcrap
Jelantik said:ai ai.. i won't sell contador short yet. His season hasn't started yet and so does Froome. I would wait to see how their form looks like at the first quarter of the season. Froome and Sky definitely got 'Contador's number'. They got the antidote of his 30 seconds burst. Now, it's been more than a year since contador's band, he should got his racing miles and he already got the taste to race against Froome and Sky. So we'll see what happen. He looks like (from his tweeter, photos) more ready this year than last year. His first test will be at T-A - head to head with froome (hopefully nibali)
I know everyone said that Nibali is better than contador. Even Brailsford single out nibali as chris froome's biggest rival. But I don't know.. I can hardly see how nibali is stronger than contador in the climb. And I think contador is still above Nibali. But I can be wrong. TDF will tell.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bra...mes-biggest-rival-for-the-2014-tour-de-france
karlboss said:I guess I'm expecting Contador to be at the level he was last year and the year before which is with Rodriguez and Valverde, a whisker behind Nibali, and nowhere near Froome. To me it appears that the only people who may get close are Quintana and Porte, who still needs to be consistent over 3 weeks. In Contador's twitter pics he looks no more ready than last year, his talk is the same as last year, I guess I'm pessimistic in looking for a return to 2010 form, I'll believe it when i see it.
As for Froome's nearest rival, I'd place it evenly as Contador and Nibali. I'd include Valverde on strength but he's less of a threat as he rides more predictably. I think more will depend on tactics than strength.
Nilsson said:On the other hand, he's training a lot more (possibly even more than ever) and traveling a lot less. Therefore, I'm pretty sure he will be better than last year, and maybe even a bit more consistent and durable than in 2012.
karlboss said:I guess I'm expecting Contador to be at the level he was last year and the year before which is with Rodriguez and Valverde, a whisker behind Nibali, and nowhere near Froome. To me it appears that the only people who may get close are Quintana and Porte, who still needs to be consistent over 3 weeks. In Contador's twitter pics he looks no more ready than last year, his talk is the same as last year, I guess I'm pessimistic in looking for a return to 2010 form, I'll believe it when i see it.
As for Froome's nearest rival, I'd place it evenly as Contador and Nibali. I'd include Valverde on strength but he's less of a threat as he rides more predictably. I think more will depend on tactics than strength.
karlboss said:I guess I'm expecting Contador to be at the level he was last year and the year before which is with Rodriguez and Valverde, a whisker behind Nibali, and nowhere near Froome. To me it appears that the only people who may get close are Quintana and Porte, who still needs to be consistent over 3 weeks. In Contador's twitter pics he looks no more ready than last year, his talk is the same as last year, I guess I'm pessimistic in looking for a return to 2010 form, I'll believe it when i see it.
As for Froome's nearest rival, I'd place it evenly as Contador and Nibali. I'd include Valverde on strength but he's less of a threat as he rides more predictably. I think more will depend on tactics than strength.
karlboss said:To me it just sounds like the usual off season stuff, you know just before the tour he was putting out numbers equal to his best years...again believe it when i see it.
Butterhead said:I really don´t get it.
On what bases do you justify that AC suddenly went from a top 3 contender to suddenly only be a top 10 contender?
18-Valve. (pithy) said:That didn't happen, though. He was still very much a top-5 contender last year.
Contador won the 2012 Vuelta against tired riders, similar to Horner last year. Though, unlike Horner, and apart from his surprisingly strong performance in that post-rest day stage, he wasn't very impressive there, either.
Butterhead said:He had been out of competition for a long time and just returned, I would say he did more than you could expect. Winning it were even more impressive.
But as another one said, its been discussed before, lets just wait and see how he performs in his first 2 or 3 races, that will indicate how competitive he will or can be in the tour.
I´m just not ready to sign him of yet, he have this season to prove he still got it.
LaFlorecita said:90% is bullcrap
Arredondo said:He was only out for sixth months, and is riding almost two years now.
Alphabet said:He would have finished 2nd, with ease, at last year's Tour if he didn't adopt a yellow or nothing mentality.
roundabout said:bull****
In what universe did his mini attacks cost him 2 minutes?
Miburo said:There's no way in hell that Contador could have made the podium in the tour last year.
Miburo said:There's no way in hell that Contador could have made the podium in the tour last year.